Apple Cake with Crumb Topping Without Egg

Ingredients

• 4 sour apples
• 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
• 150 g butter
• 120 g whole grain sugar
• a pinch of salt
• 4 tbsp apple sauce
• 450 g spelt flour type 1050
• 1 packet baking powder
• 0.5 tsp vanilla powder
• 200 ml Milk (3.5% fat)
• 50 g almond flakes

Instructions

1. 1.

   Peel the apples, quarter them, remove the core and cut into slices. Mix with lemon juice.

2. 2.

   Cream 100 g butter with 80 g whole grain sugar and gradually stir in apple sauce with a pinch of salt. Mix 350 g flour with baking powder and vanilla powder, then alternately fold into the butter mixture with milk. Pour dough into a greased and floured springform pan, smooth it out and spread the apples on top.

3. 3.

   For the crumb topping knead remaining flour, whole grain sugar, butter and almond flakes together, rub between your palms to form crumbs and sprinkle over the apples. Bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C (convection: 180 °C; gas: level 3) for about 45 minutes, check with a toothpick.

4. 4.

   If the cake browns too much, cover it with parchment paper.

5. 5.

   Remove the finished cake from the oven, let it cool, release from the pan and allow to cool completely. Serve cut into pieces.